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SIGN UPJohn GOUNDRY 1781 – 1852 – Genealogical Records
Birth Date: 9 DEC 1781
Birth Location: Eldon, Co. Durham
Death Date: 25 JAN 1852
Death Location: 201 Gilesgate, Durham City
Father: Jacob GOUNDRY
Mother: Margaret LEE
Spouse(s): Mary JOPLING, Hannah Richmond
Children(s): Jane GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, John GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, William GOUNDRY, Anna GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, Emma GOUNDRY, Margaret GOUNDRY
Early life: John GOUNDRY arrived in Eldon, Co. Durham in 1781, born to Jacob GOUNDRY and Margaret LEE. Over time, John GOUNDRY formed a family with Mary JOPLING and Hannah Richmond, which included Jane GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, John George GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, William Moore GOUNDRY, Anna Elizabeth GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, Emma GOUNDRY and Margaret Richmond GOUNDRY. John GOUNDRY concluded life in 201 Gilesgate, Durham City in 1852.
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Event Type: Birth
Event Year: 9 DEC 1781
Event Place: Eldon, Co. Durham
Genealogy Event 2
Event Type: Baptism
Event Year: 9 DEC 1781
Event Place: Staindrop Quaker Monthly Meeting, Co. Durham
Record Source: as a non-member
Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 8 DEC 1818
Record Source: Hannah RICHMOND married George KENT
Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Occupation
Event Year: BET 1821 AND 30 MAR 1851
Genealogy Event 5
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 28 MAY 1829
Record Source: William MOOR, a Farmer of Ryhope but formerly of Westoe made his Will naming John GOUNDRY, Farmer, of Westoe as his Executor and Sole Beneficiary - the Will was proved at Durham on 12 Feb 1831
Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 15 MAY 1831
Event Place: Durham ?
Record Source: Hannah died
Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 15 MAY 1831
Record Source: his wife Hannah died
Genealogy Event 8
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 1834
Record Source: he was a subscriber to the "History of Durham" book
Genealogy Event 9
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: BET AUG 1835 AND AUG 1836
Record Source: he was a Committee Member on the Westoe and Harton Association for Prosecuting Felons
Genealogy Event 10
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 5 AUG 1835
Record Source: a General Meeting of the Westoe & Harton Association For Prosecuting Felons agreed to prosecute "all such Persons as shall be guilty of any Robbery, Felony, Theft, Fraud, Assault or Misdemeanour . . . . that the Committee have the Power to offe
Genealogy Event 11
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: APR 1837
Record Source: at Durham Assizes he lost a claim for damages alleged to have been done to crops on his farm near South Shields by an adjacent Alkali Works
Genealogy Event 12
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 23 SEP 1838
Record Source: he rented three fields totalling over 13 acres at Harton, Chapelry of Saint Hilda, South Shields in the Parish of Jarrow, from the Reverend William ADAMS and the Reverend Mary Pigott CAY. Rent of £3-5s-0d. was payable to the Curate of Holy Trinit
Genealogy Event 13
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 27 NOV 1838
Record Source: he rented over 96 acres of land at Westoe from the Chapelry of Saint Hilda, South Shields, in the Parish of Jarrow, for which £21-10s-0d. rent was payable to the Appropriator
Genealogy Event 14
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: APR 1839
Record Source: he was elected as a Guardian of the Poor of the South Shields Union
Genealogy Event 15
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 3 APR 1840
Record Source: living at Westoe, he was elected a Guardian of the Poor for the South Shields Union
Genealogy Event 16
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: APR 1843
Record Source: he was one of nine Poor Law Guardians for Westoe, in the South Shields Union
Genealogy Event 17
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: BET 1845 AND 1846
Record Source: he was elected as a Poor Law Guardian for Westoe
Genealogy Event 18
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 2 DEC 1846
Record Source: at South Shields Court a man was fined 5s. plus costs for trespassing on the fields of Mr. GOUNDRY at Westoe.
Genealogy Event 19
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 25 SEP 1847
Record Source: his farm in Westoe caught fire when "a spark from the chimney of an adjacent cottage fell on the thatched roof of the thrashing machine and set it on fire. The flames spread rapidly towards the cornstacks and all the stacks in the yard and a larg
Genealogy Event 20
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 9 OCT 1847
Record Source: a newspaper reported that "the Bishop of Durham has sent ten guineas towards the fund for the relief of Mr GOUNDRY from his losses by the recent fire at Westoe"
Genealogy Event 21
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 10 DEC 1847
Record Source: he placed a newspaper advertisement "to offer his most grateful Thanks to the Public for the Assistance rendered to him in extinguishing the Fire at his Farm-stead, and for the very liberal Subscription that has been made in his behalf. He feels i
Genealogy Event 22
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 28 AUG 1850
Record Source: at South Shields Police Court two men were each fined 10s. plus costs "for taking their horses from the custody of Mr John GOUNDRY, when he was driving them to the pound-fold"
Genealogy Event 23
Event Type: Death
Event Year: 25 JAN 1852
Event Place: 201 Gilesgate, Durham City
Record Source: where he had been living with his daughter Sarah ROBINSON
Genealogy Event 24
Event Type: Burial
Event Year: 29 JAN 1852
Event Place: St. Hilda's, South Shields, Co. Durham
Record Source: where there is a Monumental Inscription